PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Zimmerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, . Zimmerman is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Linkin Park-- What Ive Done. This should be fireworks!

Johnson
vs
Zimmerman

172 cm
35
144 lbs
39 - 10 - 1

177 cm
36
152 lbs
22 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Zimmerman!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zimmerman throws a leg kick but Johnson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Zimmerman throws a chopping leg kick but Johnson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Zimmerman shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Johnson is looking to escape.
Zimmerman trying to mount his opponent but Johnson defends it.
Johnson is trying to stand back up but Zimmerman is controlling him
Zimmerman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Zimmerman lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zimmerman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Zimmerman prevents Johnson from standing back up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson has hold of Zimmerman's hands but Zimmerman slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Zimmerman not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Johnson kicks Zimmerman off and gets back to his feet.
Zimmerman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
Johnson fails to land the takedown.
Johnson checks a leg kick nicely.

Johnson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Zimmerman's guard.
Zimmerman trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Zimmerman trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Zimmerman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson is looking to work some ground and pound but Zimmerman has wrist control.
Zimmerman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Zimmerman throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zimmerman has momentary wrist control but Johnson slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zimmerman keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Zimmerman will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Johnson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zimmerman's head.
Zimmerman will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Zimmerman doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Zimmerman striking off his back but it's not causing Johnson any problems.
Johnson trying to control but Zimmerman is working from the bottom.
Johnson is really struggling to control Zimmerman but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Johnson postures up in Zimmerman's guard and throws a big left but Zimmerman blocks it.
Zimmerman trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Zimmerman doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Johnson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zimmerman throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Johnson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson landing some decent shots from guard.
Johnson advances position into side control!
Johnson lands a few punches from side control.
Johnson lands an elbow.
Johnson working the ground and pound from side control.
Johnson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Zimmerman some visible discomfort.
Zimmerman is not content to let Johnson control the position.
Zimmerman throws an elbow that doesn't really do any damage.
Zimmerman tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Zimmerman takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Johnson lands some shots froms side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson lands a few punches from side control.
Johnson lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Johnson lands a nice forearm strike.
Johnson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Johnson takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Zimmerman to pass into mount.
Johnson blocks Zimmerman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Johnson blocks Zimmerman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Johnson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Zimmerman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Zimmerman is squirming around, avoiding Johnson's attempts to control the action.
Johnson landing strikes from the mount and Zimmerman is in trouble!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zimmerman wants to get back to his feet.
Johnson lands a big shot there that rocks Zimmerman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Zimmerman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Johnson lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Johnson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Zimmerman shoots in for a takedown but Johnson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Johnson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Johnson advances position into side control!
Zimmerman tries to bench press Johnson off him but Johnson keeps the position.
Zimmerman throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Zimmerman is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Johnson is chipping away with strikes.
Zimmerman being controlled for a moment.
Johnson cracks Zimmerman with a big elbow.
Johnson landing strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson trying to control the position but Zimmerman is working away.
Johnson looks up at the clock and then as Zimmerman takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Johnson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson cracks Zimmerman with a big elbow.
Zimmerman wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Zimmerman is trying to get back to half guard.
Zimmerman takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Zimmerman strikes from the bottom but Johnson takes advantage and advances to full mount!
BOOM! Johnson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Johnson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zimmerman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Johnson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Zimmerman is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Zimmerman is still in real trouble! Can Johnson finish him?
Johnson postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Zimmerman bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Johnson and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeremy Johnson!
An out of breath Jeremy Johnson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.